Given name & surname
Marcin
“dedicated to Mars, the god of war”
Marcin is a form of Martin. One Latin interpretation is “dedicated to Mars, the god of war.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Marcin is a form of Martin. One Latin interpretation is “dedicated to Mars, the god of war.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Marcin is a form of Martin. An origin associated with Martin is Latin.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Polish use, Marcin is used as a form of Martin.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1981. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Marcin is a form of Martin. The history of Martin gives this family its wider story. Martin was in use during the Middle Ages.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Marcin through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 467
- 467 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1996
- 25 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 25 in 1996. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,675 as a first name in 2020; 972 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Marcin’s family of names
In Polish usage, Marcin has a diminutive in MARCINEK. Marcin shares a linguistic root with Martin. In Polish usage, Marcin has a conventional equivalent in the Italian form Martino.
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Around the world
Marcin has relatives in 25 languages.
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Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 26
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Marcin
- Marcin WasilewskiPolish footballerborn 1980
- Marcin GortatPolish basketball player (born 1984)
- Marcin MrozińskiPolish actor and singerborn 1985
- Marcin KamińskiPolish footballerborn 1992
- Marcin BułkaPolish association football playerborn 1999
- Marcin LewandowskiPolish athleteborn 1987
- Marcin MatkowskiPolish tennis playerborn 1981
- Marcin BaszczyńskiPolish footballerborn 1977
- Marcin ŻewłakowPolish footballerborn 1976
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